In some succeeding conversations, he expressed the following sentiments. That the company of wicked and ignorant beings, seemed to him, most intolerable; for that the brutish and horrid behaviour of his fellowprisoners, was his greatest torment. From whence he concluded, that, when he should be separated from his present body, his soul would be assigned to an association with beings, whose delights consisted in the contemplation of wisdom and virtue.

The day before his trial, he seemed very penitent, and with great appearance of devotion, desired to be prayed by; and accordingly, upon addressing God to bring him to a proper sense of his guilt, and patience to submit to whatever he mould think fit to lay on him, - he hastily interrupted, saying, the prayer was not adapted to his mind, for that he would beseech him to pardon his weakness, and tho? he should seem in the eye of the world to act wrong, he would, for the goodness of his intention, pardon him. - Hereupon, he was told that he still entertained the same horrid notion of self-murder, and the Almighty neither would, nor should, be addressed in so impious a manner; therefore exhorted him to join in praying sincerely to God, to deliver him from so strong a delusion. The substance of several of his conversations with Mr. C - d have been thrown together, tho? other things intervened, which shall now be resumed.

So intent was he upon compassing this impious and unnatural purpose of suicide, from the first of his consinement, that when he was disappointed of other means, he abstained from all food, except a few liquids, with amazing obstinacy, in defiance of every persuasive that could be urged, and every bait that could be devised, even by his fellow-prisoners eating before him, and offering him a part of their food frequently, in hopes to break his resolution. Among other motives, he was reminded by me, that this part of his conduct would render him more inexcusable in the other; for had he used half the resolution to subdue his passions of anger and revenge, as he now did to gratify his pride, he might have avoided his present sad situation. He was farther pressed to consider how he could answer before the supreme Judge, for dreading worldly shame more than the vengeance threatened to the violation of the divine law; he made no direct answer, but said, he hoped God would save him from this great ignominy to which he must come if he lived.

About the 21st. of August , his cell, in which he had hitherto lodged, was changed for a chamber, by the assistance of some friends; and the same day, two German gentlemen, one of them a clergyman of the Lutheran chapel at St James's, with two ladies, visited him, at the request of some of his friends and relations; but could make no better impression on him in this respect, tho' they all joined to dissuade him from starving himself, or being accessary to his own death; and agreed with me, in assuring him, that such a thought, or practice, is utterly inconsistent with natural morality, much more with christianity, or any, degree of true repentance. But to demonstrate his inconsistency, in the mean time he read Tillotson's sermons on repentance, &c. and other pious books, in his own, and our language, day and night, till he had scarce strength to walk, fit, or kneel; or attention to regard what was spoken or read to him, much less to go up to the chapel.

August 22d . When it was apprehended, that by these means, he could not live to be tried, it was suggested by a sagacious gentleman of the law, to treat him as they do lunatics in Bedlam, who refuse to eat or take medicines, (a common case) by forcing their food, or physic, into them; which, if done, might surely have been brought in evidence to support the defence of lunacy set up for him.

But instead of this, it was thought proper he should be acquainted by me, from authority, that if he were by any means accessary to his own death, he should be tried and found guilty of self-murder, on sufficient evidence to be produced from his own declarations, and attempts, and behaviour, and then be buried, with all the marks of infamy, according to law; with this addition, that a monument of stone should be erected, inscribed with his name and crimes at large, to defeat his purpose of evadeing public justice, and perpetuate his insamy.